Usain Bolt’s 2008 Olympic 4x100m gold medal finally resolved as Cas throws out Nesta Carter’s appeal
The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means Bolt will not have his achievement of an Olympic ‘triple-triple’ restored
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Your support makes all the difference.The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Nesta Carter’s appeal against his disqualification from the 2008 Olympic Games, meaning Usain Bolt’s achievement of a ‘triple-triple’ will not be restored.
Carter was part of Jamaica’s 4x100 relay team which won gold in Beijing with Michael Frater, Asafa Powell and Bolt, which formed the start of Bolt’s remarkable clean sweep of 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medals at three successive Olympic Games.
However, that achievement was wiped from the records when Carter tested positive for the energy boosting substance methylhexaneamine following re-examination of samples by the International Olympic Committee in 2016.
Carter appeared at Thursday’s hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland to plead his case but the decision was upheld, meaning Trinidad & Tobago have been handed the title with Japan upgraded to silver and Brazil receiving bronze.
The Cas ruled that it could “not accept any of the arguments raised by Nesta Carter contending that the test results should be ignored or the IOC Disciplinary Panel decision should otherwise be overturned for certain alleged failures”.
The statement added: “Finally, the CAS Panel noted that this case was strictly limited to the consequences related to the Beijing Games and issues linked with fault or negligence are not relevant since sanctions such as ineligibility or disqualification from other events were not at stake here.”
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